SBIR/STTR Research Award
Reduced Half-Wave Voltage in Integrated Optical Circuits for Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscopes
Award amount
$899,967Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Northstar Photonics, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-07-29
- Contract end date
- 2027-01-29
- UEI
- SFRJN15N4AQ9
- Solicitation number
- 23.1
- Topic code
- N231-075
Research abstract
The development and delivery of thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) phase modulators for interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (FOG) for inertial navigation and guidance systems is proposed. The use of TFLN will enable a minimum of 4X reduction in Vpi for a given modulator length. The target specifications for the proposed phase modulator is a Vpi less than 2.5 V, an insertion loss less than 3.5 dB, a chip polarization extinction greater than 65 dB, and a lifetime in vacuum of more than 30 years. The proposal incorporates steps to mitigate the risk of decaying frequency response observed by others. The conclusion of the option period will include a preliminary reliability assessment. Six prototype modulators will be delivered to the program sponsor at the end of the effort.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Versatile Optical Assembly for Ultra-Compact FOG Modulator
- Reduced Half-Wave Voltage in Integrated Optical Circuits for Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscopes
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Reduced Integrated Optical Circuits (IOC) Halfwave Voltage (Vpi) for improved Size Weight and Power (SWaP) in Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes (
- Integrated Optical Circuit (IOC) with Reduced Half-Wave Voltage
- Active Low-voltage Modulators
- Reduced Integrated Optical Circuits (IOC) Half-wave Voltage (Vpi) for improved Size Weight and Power (SWaP) in Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2023–2025). Reported award amounts total $2,039,187. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense